🌻 Sigils 101 🌻
Your friendly neighborhood witch is BACK with another rendition of beginner witch tips! This blog is beginning to turn into a digital book of shadows lmao 😅 I am starting to become obsessed with this little witch tip series and even if the posts get little to no attention I am refreshing my knowledge in the process so it’s a win win :))
What Are Sigils?!
Sigils are often described as a tool to help you in your craft, they can protect your or your space, be used in a spell to amplify your intention, and are a form of manifesting! Sigils are a form of symbolism that’s functional, this is where a lot of practitioners would say the mundane meets the magickal.
How To Make A Sigil
There are multiple ways to create a sigil, and you can even create your own! I am gonna outline a few different ways that you could go about it, but feel free to take some creative liberty here
Write down your intention
These should be in present tense (”I am..” “I will..)
After you have written down your intention, cross out all vowels and repeating letters
Create a symbol (here’s where you have some variation in what you can do)
You can create a symbol out of the letters you have remaining
OR you can number the letters and use a grid to create your symbol
Here is an example of both of the methods I just talked about:
I apologize for my messy handwriting </3
I personally prefer the second method just because the sigil is usually easier to recreate. Note that you don’t ever wanna post your completed sigils online because someone could easily take it and use it against you! NOTE: Don’t use sigils created by other people! You don’t know the true intention behind them, and if you use a random sigil you found online, that could end up biting you in the ass!
Charging/Activating A Sigil
So you’ve created your sigil...now what?
You can use this on a spell candle, a deity candle, a spell jar, outline your door with the sigil, whatever you want! Personally I like to create sigils with the intent to protect my house and then I write them in cleaner on the floor/mirror/etc and by mopping it up, I am breaking the sigil, in turn letting all the intention out into the universe.
You can charge and activate a sigil in a multitude of ways, here is a list of ways to do so
Sigil magick is very simple and EASY to do!
A big point many practitioners will harp on is that you need to forget the meaning of your sigil for it to actually work. While I do believe this is true, it’s not as hard as it sounds. You just need to forget the ORIGINAL meaning/phrase you have associated with your sigil. Like I created a sigil for good grades and when I put it on my assignments, I know it’s for good grades, but I forgot my original sentence I wrote when creating it.
CITATIONS/SOURCES/OTHER RESOURCES
Remember it’s always important to cross reference your information, for this post I used multiple sources I knew have been vetted by much more experienced witches than I am- but still! You need to make sure what you’re reading is credible
Charging/Activating Sigils
Practical Magick- Sigils
Sigil Magick: How To Create Symbols That Manifest Your Destiny
Simple Spells: A Guide to Creating Your Own Sigils
Bookishblogging’s Warding Post
